CNG 108, Lot: 323. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos IV Philopator. 187-175 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.58 g, 12h). Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint. Struck circa 180-175 BC. Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣE-ΛEYKOY, Apollo Delphios, testing arrow held in right hand, left hand resting on grounded bow to right, seated left on omphalos; palm frond to outer left, AB monogram to inner left, IA in exergue. SC 1331a; Le Rider, Séleucos 85 (D1/R3 – this coin, illustrated); HGC 9, 580h. Good VF, toned, scratches under tone.

From the MNL Collection. Ex Patrick H. C. Tan Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 97, 17 September 2014), lot 290; Classical Numismatic Group 93 (22 May 2013), lot 499; Classical Numismatic Group 85 (15 September 2010), lot 489; Lebanon, 1989 Hoard (CH IX, 507 corr. = SC II App. 3, p. 102).